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State Bar of Texas to honor Baylor Law School with pro bono
award at Annual Meeting

AUSTIN — Presentations of awards honoring exceptional service to the
public and the legal profession will be a highlight of the State Bar of
Texas Annual Meeting, to be held June 26-27 at the Hilton Austin and
Austin Convention Center.

As part of the meeting, the State Bar will present Baylor Law
School with the 2014 W. Frank Newton Award for Pro Bono
Excellence.

The award, presented by the bar’s Legal Services to the Poor in
Civil Matters Committee, recognizes the pro bono contribution of
attorney groups whose members have made an outstanding contribution to
the provision of, or access to, legal services to the poor.

The award is named for W. Frank Newton, former dean of Texas Tech
University School of Law and longtime pro bono advocate. Recent Newton
Award recipients include ExxonMobil Corporation Law Department (2013),
Patton Boggs LLP (2012), and Fulbright & Jaworski LLP (2011).

The State Bar of Texas is an administrative agency
of the Supreme Court of Texas that provides educational programs for the
legal profession and the public, administers the minimum continuing
legal education program for attorneys, and manages the attorney
discipline system. For more information, visit
www.texasbar.com.